Blurry vs Photo Blur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blurry
Easily apply beautiful blur effects to your photos to create custom wallpapers and backgrounds. Choose from various blur styles and colors to achieve your desired look.
- Apply beautiful blur effects
- Create custom wallpapers
- Dark, light, and custom color blur
- Load images from photo library or Files app
- Simple user interface
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Blurry is the go-to image blurring tool to help you apply beautiful blurs for your photos. It is perfect for creating wallpapers, backgrounds, and more. With Blurry, you can customize and apply a blur effect on top of any photos from your photo library to create the perfect background for your wallpaper. Simply load your images from your Photos library, the Files app, or drag an image directly into the app*. Through an extraordinarily simple UI, and a selection of dark blur, light blur, and custom colour blur, you can tweak the image effect however you like and save it when you are satisfied. It's that easy! *Drag and Drop is only available on iPad.
Photo Blur
Easily add mesmerizing background effects to your photos with AI-powered segmentation. Transform any image into a captivating portrait with dynamic blurs and professional-looking results in just a few taps.
- Multiple background blur effects
- Smart AI subject segmentation
- Effortless one-tap editing
- Transform photos into portraits
- Create visual masterpieces
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Transform any photo into a captivating portrait that stands out with Photo Blur! Elevate your creativity to new heights by effortlessly adding mesmerizing background effects. Unleash the magic of our cutting-edge AI technology, ensuring precision segmentation for a seamless blend between your subject and background. - Multiple Effects: Bring life to ANY photo with dynamic background blurs. - Smart AI Segmentation: Easily isolate your subject for professional-looking results. - Effortless Editing: Make ANY photo extraordinary with just a few taps. Say goodbye to boring photos – Photo Blur turns every moment into a visual masterpiece! Don't miss out on the opportunity to transform ANY memory into a breathtaking work of art. Download Photo Blur today and discover the extraordinary in every shot!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blurry at none against Photo Blur's 1. Blurry also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Photo Blur's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Photo Blur sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blurry asks for nothing beyond the download.
Blurry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Blur has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Blurry ships an update every 4 months, Photo Blur weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blurry | Photo Blur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shao-Chi Liang | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. |
Customer experience
Blurry
Photo Blur
In-app purchases
Blurry
No in-app purchases
Photo Blur
- Photo Blur Premium$2.99
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